Medicare Fraud $60 billion per year

[Guy N]

Federal health officials contract with private companies to process and pay Medicare claims and investigate fraud. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services inspector general examined how effectively several types of fraud contractors are investigating an estimated annual $60 billion in Medicare fraud.

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[texas gal]

Congress should be more concerned with stopping Medicare fraud than cutting Doctor payments! If they could eliminate 90% of the fraud there wouldn't be a problem and the Medicare system wouldn't be in trouble.

It's plain as the nose on your face to me!